Gin Dunscombe's work is driven by contemporary issues of society and consciousness, sometimes confronting the cultural zeitgeist, and provides opportunities for the viewer to participate or observe proposals for engagement. Building on a strong foundation in art history and social commentary, Gin Dunscombe often takes a taxonomic approach to making art.

Gin Dunscombe works in a wide range of media including 3D, film (super 8 and video), photography, printmaking and letterpress to produce events, situations, artefacts or archives which engage the viewer in an ongoing dialogue of awareness and appreciation for the world we live in today.

She has extensive experience of cultural event design, organisation and management, ranging from the Lewisham Culture and Urban Development Commission with Charles Landry to a collaboration with Benjamin Zander for 500 people.

Education

MA Fine Art Camberwell and Chelsea College of Art and Design

BA Hons Fine Art Sir John Cass School of Art and Design

Foundation Studies Diploma in Fine Art Cass School of Art and Design

BA Hons History and American Studies University of Keele

Selected Exhibitions/Work

2015

Death and Transition, Gabriel Fine Art Gallery, London

2014

Finders Keepers Losers Weepers, Conway Hall, London

Missing Narrative, Brixton East Gallery, London

Library Interventions, Leeds College of Art and Design, Leeds

2013

The Chelsea Sitooterie, Chelsea College of Art MA Show, London

School of Creative Intervention (SOCI) events, Chelsea College of Arts, London

Perfect Patio, Space Station 65, London

Refraction, Boxpark, London

I’m Inside, Ring the Bell, 47 Tanner Street, London

Tender, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, London

Reen Pilkington: Absent Friend, Morley Gallery (Curator), London

2012

Morgue, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London

Works in Progress, Film and Video Umbrella, London

My Mind’s Eye, Roots and Shoots Gallery (Curator), London

Bend Over Shirley, Beaconsfield Gallery, London

A Machine for Living In, Hannah Barry Gallery, London

Snap! Bankside Gallery, London

Daily, Weekly, Queensland College of Art, Australia, London

2011

CLASHANDCONVERGE11, Camberwell Space, London

Peckham Open, London

48 Hours, Nolia’s Gallery, London

T-SAC, Trans Siberian Railway, Russia

Propeller Island TV, Supermarket 2011, Stockholm, Sweden

Glimpsed, House Gallery, London

2010

Elements, Candid Gallery, London

Rhizomatic, Departures Gallery, London

BBC Big Screen Walthamstow, London

Nunhead Open 7, Nunhead Gallery, London

2009

Whitechapel Gallery film gallery

Drawing the Line, The Reach (Co-curator)

2008

Artists’ Bookfair, Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool

2007

Index 2, Transitions Gallery, London

PAGES, Notice Gallery, London

2006

Reconstructions, Nolia’s Gallery (Co-curator and exhibitor), London

Memory Lapses, International Archive Institute (solo show), London

Summer Show, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

2005

New London Printmaking Artists, Gunma, Japan

Awards & Prizes

2007 Nunhead Open Visitors’ Prize

2006 and 2007 Sir John Cass Annual Bursary for PAGES

Publications

2014

Missing Narrative

2013

Gin Dunscombe Reading List Camberwell Press

JAWS first issue March 2013

Ides of March

2012

A Machine for Living In

Perfect Patio

2011

Blinkzine: Reflections issue 2011 San Francisco, USA

Residencies

2014 Trowbridge, UK

2014 U6, Mersea Island, UK

2012 U2, Wye, Berlin

2012 La Joya Arte + Ecologica, Murcia, Spain

Gin Dunscombe's work is held in private and public collections in UK, Europe and USA including London Metropolitan University, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Leeds College of Art Library Special Collections.